[MPlayer-dev-eng] [patch] prefer ALSA over OSS

[Bobby Bingham]

Vladimir Mosgalin wrote:
> I was talking about the usual system where /dev/dsp device ownership is
> changed to the first user who logged it. If someone at your home logged
> in in console, you won't be able to get audio device ownership after
> logging in X. Well, other hacks around this problem exist, like "audio"
> group and such, but they all are just a hacks made in order to stop unix
> rights system interfering with desire to play music.

How is an "audio" group "just a hack"?  Isn't that the whole idea of
groups - if you want to restrict access to a file/device (eg /dev/dsp)
to a specific set of users, add those users to a group with access to
that device.  If you want all users to have access to it, then you can
just make it world writeable.

Where's the problem?  In what way do UNIX permissions get in the way?
Just set them once the way you like, and be done with it.

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Bobby Bingham
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